Prevention

Care

Commitment

Health

Aesthetics

Function

Pride

Tel : 091547592 Email! : info@gateclinic.com

2012 - 2013

This last twelve months we have focused on improvements to our service, our team and our management of the practice.

Services:

With the introduction of Cerec 4.0 the ability to provide a range of materials and techniques has meant we can provide one visit multiple restorations. With the introduction of LAVA from 3M we can offer high density inlays and crowns from 350 and 600 respectively. This allows us to offer treatment to those with restricted budgets but aesthetic ambitions, witht he precision and design advantages of CAD CAM one visit restorations.

Team:

Introduction of a practice manageress has allowed us to focus on the re-organisation and efficient provision of an enhanced customer service.

In-house questionnaires and self-assessment of our own performance by ourselves to improve efficiency identify areas where further professional training would be of benefit.

In- house questionnaires and patient assement of our strenghts and weaknesses have improved the understanding of our failings and given us the opportunity to work on the identitfied weakest parts of our service.

Management:

Efficiency in stock control has been improved with a cost comparison of suppliers being put in place saving

Staff self assessment and monthly reviews, Skill sharing and each member of staff learning each others role with rotation of staff within the practice is developing a mutual understanding.

Implementation of Standard Operating Protocols to develope, review, define and record practice proceedures has introduced an ongoing practice manual that gives the opportunity for identitication of strengths and weaknesses and will give us a “Practice Manual” that can be grown as the pratice grows. These “SOPS” will range from each clinical proceedure, front office and back office task, telephone enquiries, internet protocols...... The practice manageress is developing these with each member of staff one morning every week, and records the outcome in the practice “manual”.

To identify, diagnose and record the problems of the patient.

To discuss the nature of the problem, the cause of the problem and the options and the implications of treatment .

To provide understanding and information for our patients.

To offer and provide the solutions to suit the patient’sTo restore health, function and aesthetics. To offer an active prevention program and health advice for all our patientsTo provide a comfortable, friendly, clean, relaxed environment.To utilise established and developing techniques and technology to improve the standard of care we offer to our patients.To continually undertake further education to develop our knowledge base.To liase with colleagues and provide a referal service where needed.

! ! PRACTICE AIMS! !! ! To Listen to our Patients

HISTORY AND PREMESIS

The practice was founded 40 years ago by Dr Gerry Meehan. Built on the principle of quality of care and service, with the aim of providing the highest standards possible to the patients of Galway and the West of Ireland. This concept has been a pleasure to follow for the last 11 years and we relocated to our new ground floor premesis 7 years ago on the Docks with the chance to restructure and re-equip the “layout and hardware” setting up a practice with the latest technology and equipment to facilitate the dentistry we aim to offer. Entering the glass fronted reception the patient is welcomed into a generous waiting area with an open reception format with a curved reception desk and mixed lighting to supplement the natural dayllight. Although we had the option to include 6 surgeries, we elected to appoint 3 full surgeries and a hygienist room each being a “copy” of the other, the surgeries are all generously spacious and bright with a sense of calm to put the patient at ease.

In reception we have mixed high chairs and comfy seating, a library of dental educational books, case books of our own work or general reading for our patients with a flat screen monitor with non dental entertainment and an I-Pad with our “dental education - Consult-Pro graphics system.The patient can elect whether to relax or browse our services and information.

Dr Paul Moore BDS.Qualified in 1981 in Sheffield, Dr Moore has been at the helm for 11 years, with special interst in Cerec “Cad Cam” dentistry, aesthetics and prostethic solutions for his patients. Dr Moore has steered the practice to create a relaxed professional environment where the patient is the focus of attention, with the restoration and maintenance of function,

aesthetics and pride.

With 30 years experience in general dental practice in England Gibraltar and Ireland, and nine children, life has been busy.

Dr Moore is an Internationally recognised Trainer for Ireland for Computerised dentistry and talked nationally and internationally.

“Do it Once and Do it Well”

Dr Paul Browne BDS.A native of Galway, graduated from Dublin University, Dr Browne pursued his early professional career in London, establishing a successful practice in South West London

In order to better his practical skills, Dr Browne has undergone extensive postgraduate training including a Diploma in Restorative dentistry and in Endodontic dentistry ( root canal ), both at the Eastmann Dental Institute, together with an advanced occlusal and

aesthetic training at the Pankey Institute, Miami Florida.

Dr Browne has recently joined the practice and is enjoying his homecoming.

THE PEOPLE

Dr Ian Wellings BDS.Dr Ian. J. Wellings has 15 years of clinical experience in Oral Implantology. While working in German private practice in the late 1980s, he decided to seek education in the then new field of Oral Implantology and attended the Second Maxi Course at the Medical College Georgia USA and subsequently passed the written examination for the

Associate Fellowship of the American Academy of Implant Dentistry. Ian and his wife Linda offer a surgical service with intravenous sedation  for implant placment  and wisdom teeth extraction withing the practice.In 1998 he met Dr Hilt Tatum. Since then Dr Tatum has been his teacher and mentor. They have spent many hundreds of clinical hours together both in Florida and in the UK.As a member of the faculty of the Tatum Institute, he has clinical teaching experience and has made presentations to the students as well as to the Yorkshire section of the Association of Dental Implantology.Specialisation in modern dentistry allows us to offer a standard of dental care to meet international standards."Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.

Dr.  Emily  Clarke  B.A.  B.Dent.Sc,  MFDS  RCSI,  D.Ch.Dent

 Qualified    Tinity  College  Dublin  as  a  general  den5st  in  2001  and  received  the  Sheldon  Friel  Award  from  Trinity  College  for  the  highest  overall  result  in  her  final  examina5ons.  .  In  2004  she  successfully  completed  her  membership  exams  for  the  Royal  

College  of  Surgeons  in  Ireland  (MFDS).

 During  2004  and  2005  Dr  Clarke  worked  as  a  Senior  House  Officer  in  Maxillofacial  Units  in  the  North  Bristol  NHS  Trust,  UK  and  in  the  Mid  Western  Regional  Hospital,  Limerick  where  she  gained  extensive  experience  in  oral  and  facial  surgery.  From  2005  to  2008  Dr  Clarke  completed  her  three  year  postgraduate  specialist  training  course  in  Periodontology  and  Implant  Den5stry  which  had  both  a  clinical  and  research  aspect  and  received  a  first  class  honours  doctorate  in  Periodontology  in  2008.  

Dr.  Clarke  was  one  of  the  co-­‐authors  of  a  posi5on  paper  on  the  surgical  treatment  of  periimplan55s  published  in  the  Journal  of  Clinical  Periodontology  in  2008.  She  is  an  ac5ve  member  of  the  Irish  Society  of  Periodontology  and  the  European  Federa5on  of  Periodontology  and  is  currently  providing  treatment  for  pa5ents  requiring  periodontology,  

THE PEOPLE

Hygienists

Blaithin DonoghueWith the practice for 16 years

Bernie FfrenchWith the practice for 3 years

Dental Nurses

Geraldine ( 27 years with the practice )

Patricia ( 25 years with the practice )

Stephanie( 2 years with the practice )

Collete ( 1 year with the practice )

Reception

SharonPractice Manageress

and Coordinator

Claire Front desk and telephone

With the practice for 16 years.

Jackie Back desk and telephone

With the practice for 8 years.

A great strength of the practice is our suporting staff. This gives us the great advantage of continuity, of a “family” atmosphere,

where patients know and recognise the team and vice versa.

Periodontology! With Dr Emily Clarke and hyginiests to provide full periodontal assesment and maintainence we can offer our ! patients specialist periodontal advice and treatment and follow up with monitored maintenance and prevention.

MagnificationWith the assistance of dental operating microscopes ceiling mounted in every surgery every restorative proceedure can be completed with the aid of magnification and parrallel illumination. ! Diagnostic photography can be used to improve patient understanding and photography used to annotate treatment

General Dentistry! Dr Paul Moore and Dr Paul Browne offer routine family dentistry from children to adults. - Prevention, ! amalgams, composites, endodontics, dentures, all porcelain mercury free crown and bridge, veneers.

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Implant Planning Development AssessmentImplant Planning

Pathology Assesment Cyst Orthodontics

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Implantology and Oral Surgery! With Dr Wellings and Dr Clarke we can offer implant planning, placement and maintenance. We also provide ! the option of intravenous sedation allowing patients who would otherwise find this dificult, to avail of dental ! implants.! We keep the option of Nobel, 3I Biomet, Ankylos and Tatum implants. Diferent systems provide different ! advantages in certain clinical situations. This versatility allows us to choose the best option to suit patient.!

Supported by the I-Cat facility we can offer a range of treatments from single implants to full arch options,bone augmentation, block grafting, ridge manipulation, sinus grafting, ID nerve lateralisation in a designated ! surgical operatory with supporting staff and appropriate life support facilities and training.

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Orthodontic Development

Surgical Assessment

Vital Structure Identification allows maximisation of implant

placment with security of knowledge and safety

Knowledge of Anatomy

Planned ID Nerve Lateralisation

ID Nerve Lateralisation And

Restoration of Implants.Dr Wellings ( surgery )Dr Moore ( restoration )

Cerec! Cerec technolgy has allowed us to offer same day one visit bonded restorations for our patients for ! conservative aesthetic solutions for many of our our restorative proceedures:!! All porcelain restorations for inlays, onlays, crowns, veneers, with feldspathic or lithium disilicate ( three times ! stronger ). With individual customisation stain and glaze in-surgery and the option for digitalised !impressions ! for cases that we wish to collaborate with the laboratory.

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Whiter Brighter Lighter! With 30 years of bleaching experience and the options of home bleaching or professional in house ! whitening we offer a “Life Time” whitening service. This encourages patients to attend their ! hygiene !appointments regularly and receive a “top-up “ gel free of charge. ! “Pride in your Smile” is a powerful motivator and will encourage higher standards of oral hygiene ! and higher ambitions for dental care.! With “SpectroShade” analysis and documentation to evaluate before and after and follow up we ! can !garantee and measure the successes we achieve for our patients.

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We also offer internal bleaching as an alternative for “non vital “ teeth

Snoring Appliances and Sleep Disorders

Mandibular Advancing Devices to supplement traditional Sleep Therapies are proving popular and succesful. We work in conjunction with the respiratory department at University Galway Hospital and following assessment we offer a range of removable oral appliances to help the chronic snorer or supplement / provide alternatives to other sleep disorder remedies.We provide a website within our website as a “Sleep Disorder” source of informationIt doesn''t matter if you are a man or woman (although men do snore more), or young or old or thin or heavy, snoring and sleep apneoa can affect everyone - even young children! Snoring can be a sign of obstructive sleep apnea. It's not just unsexy. It's unhealthy. But you're not alone, which is why we''ve created this resource.

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Public Relations!

! With measured use of Social Media, ( Gate Dental Clinic Facebook page ), ( Dental Blog ) and a ! monthly publication in the Galway Advertiser ( the Mouthpiece ) to promote general dentistry to the ! people of Galway for the profession, we maintain a public presence and promote the practice of ! professional dentistry in Ireland and for the Clinic.! We also publish a monthly newsletter to our own patients.

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Referral !

We offer a referral service for

I-Cat Three Dimensional X-Rays.

Specialist Periodontal Services, and ongoing hygienist support.

Cerec Aesthetic Restorations, white fillings, crowns, bridges, veneers

Oral Surgery, ( wisdom teeth , orthodontic exposures) with Intravenous Sedation.

Internal / External Bleaching. ( whitening of teeth )

Prosthetic / Restorative Solutions, with or without Implants.

Endodontic (root canal therapy ) with or without restoration.

Tel : 091547592Email : info@gateclinic.comWeb : www.gateclinic.com

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! In Conclusion

With a commitment to our patients, to Galway and to the Profession of Dentistry we maintain the momentum of the practice and hope to continue to develop the facilities, the training and the standards

of care that modern dentistry can offer.

Know your strengths, search for your weakness, improve both.

Although we strive to master our ambitions and fields of special interest is also just as important to recognise when you need the help of others. We are blessed in Galway with a wide range of dental

specialists to assist with the disciplines and services we do not cover, and it is a pleasure to work in a city and country where the friendship and mutual collaboration of the profession works so well to the

benefit of all. !